It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it.

I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

Love based upon money and vanity forms the most stubborn of passions.

Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at a wedding and men smile.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.

Pure herring oil is the port wine of English cats